Desserts & Baking
Gummy-coated cake
6
Easy
25 minutes
This no-cook cake is the easiest possible route to a showstopping, whimsical Halloween dessert. Start with a ready-made Woolies mini vanilla dream cake, top it with a quick home-made buttercream, and let the gummy sweets do all the heavy lifting. It's a brilliant last-minute project for kids' birthday parties or Halloween spreads.
Ingredients
Method
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For the buttercream icing:
- 100 g butter, softened
- 1 t vanilla paste
- 200 g icing sugar
- 1–2 T milk
- 1 x 10 cm Woolworths mini vanilla dream gift cake
- 3 x 30 g packets Woolworths mini sour cherries
- 2 x 30 g packets Woolworths Fantastical multi-coloured eggs
- 1 x 125 g packet Woolworths Tangy Tops
- x 125 g packet Woolworths Rondos jelly-and-foam gums or an assortment of gummy sweets of your choice
Method
Ingredients
1. To make the icing, cream together the butter, vanilla and icing sugar. Gradually add the milk until you achieve a pipeable consistency.
2. Coat the cake in a layer of buttercream icing, smooth with an offset spatula and decorate with the gummy sweets.
Videographer: Romy Wilson
Photographer: Shavan Rahim
Food assistant: Chevonne Fourie
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